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Centro de Tecnología de las Comunicaciones, SA (CETECOM), Spain, has enhanced its accredited testing service range for the mobile communications industry. The company has been granted ISO 17025 accreditation for testing of 3G technologies, enabling it to offer conformance testing services for 2G/2.5G and 3G technologies, covering RF, protocol,...

As part of e2v 's focus on innovation and the development of next generation technologies, it is participating in the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme backed by a consortium of UK public bodies including the UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The three projects jointly funded by e2v...

Salisbury University (SU) students pursuing a career in engineering received a boost recently when representatives from K&L Microwave Inc. presented the Salisbury University Foundation Inc., $30,000 to help fund lab equipment and scholarships. The contribution was the third installment of a $150,000 endowment from K&L. The endowment will create...

Microsemi Corp. and Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT) announced the signing of a definitive agreement for Microsemi to acquire APT. With this acquisition, Microsemi, a designer and manufacturer of high performance analog solutions and high reliability semiconductor solutions, expands its portfolio of analog mixed signal offering in the RF...

Andrew Corp. , a global provider in communications systems and products, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Skyware Radio Systems GmbH , Krefeld, Germany, a producer of state-of-the-art electronic products for broadband satellite communications networks. Under terms of the agreement, which is subject to review by German antitrust...

AR Worldwide Modular RF has announced that it has received an order from Amron International for 71 tactical communications amplifiers. The order, for model KMW1030 (20 w, CW 30 to 512 MHz), is the latest in a series of orders from Amron, and is unique in that the amplifiers...

ANADIGICS Inc. , a supplier of wireless and broadband solutions, announced that the company is the primary supplier of power amplifiers for Sierra Wireless ' new high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) AirCard® products. ANADIGICS' High-Efficiency-at-Low-Power (HELP™) wideband CDMA (WCDMA) and open-loop polar EDGE power amplifiers enable Sierra Wireless'...

The Siemens Communications Group has captured a major order for mobile communication technology from Vietnamese network operator Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corp. (VNPT). This is the largest telecommunications project awarded to date by the state-owned operator, which will connect around 400 villages in remote regions of Vietnam to the...

EADS Defence and Communications Systems has officially handed over the first Surface-to-Air Missile Operations Centre (SAMOC) to the Federal Office for Defense Technology and Procurement (BWB). With this delivery, the company is equipping the FlaRak Geschwader 2 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, SAM Wing 2 based with the German Air Force at Bad...

As a further step in the execution of its growth strategy in China, Royal Philips Electronics has announced the opening of the ULC Design Center in Shanghai. This new global Research and Development center will focus on enabling handset manufacturers to develop ultra low cost (ULC) phones with Nexperia...